While presumably intending the analogy to imply that after much effort, the economy was finally back afloat, The Capitalist can’t be the only one imagining a sinking ship being towed off to the scrapheap.

However, Boris was being talked up by a very big fan at the IoD dinner on Tuesday evening. Guest of honour and Lions rugby player Adam Jones, fresh from a visit to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister, told The Capitalist that the highlight of the visit hadn’t been meeting David Cameron, but “Boris making a beeline for me” that had really made his day.